[cctalk] Re: Wireless phone

2023-04-08 Thread Steve Lewis via cctalk
In the 1980's Annie, didn't Oliver Warbucks have a phone in his helicopter car from the 1930s? Maybe I'm remembering it wrong. On Sat, Apr 8, 2023 at 12:14 PM ben via cctalk wrote: > On 2023-04-08 8:27 a.m., Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 3, 2023, 9:40 AM ben via cctalk >

[cctalk] Re: Wireless phone

2023-04-08 Thread ben via cctalk
On 2023-04-08 8:27 a.m., Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: On Mon, Apr 3, 2023, 9:40 AM ben via cctalk wrote: I disagree, I decided to buy new computer game after about 20 years. The last game I played was Tomb Raider I. I like the explore type rather than the RPG games. Being muilt-platform

[cctalk] Re: Wireless phone

2023-04-08 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Mon, Apr 3, 2023, 9:40 AM ben via cctalk wrote: > > I disagree, I decided to buy new computer game after about 20 years. > The last game I played was Tomb Raider I. I like the explore type rather > than the RPG games. Being muilt-platform the game has over 20 keys > that map to game pad

[cctalk] Re: Wireless phone

2023-04-03 Thread ben via cctalk
On 2023-04-03 7:15 a.m., Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote: On April 3, 1973 the first wireless phone call was made and Moore’s Law has now led to the smart-phone being ubiquitous to our lives: Computer technology and cell phone technology marching hand-in-hand. Happy computing and talking

[cctalk] Re: Wireless phone

2023-04-03 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 4/3/23 08:46, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote: > Aww the mts phones still find a few places in the world that use em still Up until wide deployment of cellular communications, you could find an MTS phone in most Real Estate agent's cars locally. Recall also, at about this date, Philippe Kahn

[cctalk] Re: Wireless phone

2023-04-03 Thread Adrian Stoness via cctalk
Aww the mts phones still find a few places in the world that use em still Had one at my cabin till that got shut down in 2006 here In manitoba. Also got one of the ones sherritt exploration had with a range that would reach to the operator in selkirk from lynn lake mb On Mon, Apr 3, 2023,

[cctalk] Re: Wireless phone

2023-04-03 Thread Gavin Scott via cctalk
Marty's book is pretty good... https://www.amazon.com/Cutting-Cord-Phone-Transformed-Humanity/dp/194812274X On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 8:23 AM Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > That would be cell phone, right? Wireless phones have been around for much > longer, but those earlier ones weren't

[cctalk] Re: Wireless phone

2023-04-03 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
That would be cell phone, right? Wireless phones have been around for much longer, but those earlier ones weren't cellular. The key innovation is seamless handoff between cells, as opposed to the call being tied to a particular base station for the duration. paul > On Apr 3, 2023,